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Trip to Scotland and What the Hell Haggis Is

from We're Gonna Get Ours · #37

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4 min

Tim previews his upcoming flight to Scotland, wonders what there is to do there, and has Ray look up what haggis, shortbread, Cullen skink, and mince and tatties actually are.

In this bit7 moments
  • 30:10Tim calls out dark net activity as "real bad" with mock seriousness.
  • 30:38Bitcoin flowing into places run by fucking monsters — the irony of libertarian currency dreams.
  • 30:53They tried to get a dark web expert on the show but couldn't find anyone willing to come.
  • 31:12Image of hackers has shifted from idealistic younger activists to corporate and government-level criminal enterprises.
  • 32:01Original hackers believed in radical transparency and government accountability before being colonized into factions and bought off.
  • 32:27Red Room episode idea fell through, so Tim proposes doing Marriott breakfast buffet live instead as something more depressing.
  • 32:57Tim will arrive at 7 a.m. for the Marriott buffet bit, treating it like serious planning.
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